Threat intelligence explained

Threat intelligence is knowledge, the knowledge of threats that are relevant for your organization and your particular environment. Threat intelligence is the result of a methodical process where evidence-based analysis from a variety of data sources leads to actionable data that can help uncover or eradicate threats that are most likely to be encountered on your network and in your environment. Threat intelligence produces deep insight into adversaries that target your organization, industrial sector, or operational space, and how they perform their malicious Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). This knowledge allows us to make more effective and precise decisions about how we go about securing our environment.

Many so-called threat intelligence sites will try to sell you what they call threat intelligence. By definition, this is not possible. Unless a company is highly familiar with your environment and can perform the process of transforming...